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Former President Gerald Ford dies at 93 |
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Written by From asap
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Wednesday, 27 December 2006 |
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Gerald Ford, the first and only unelected president of the United States, died Tuesday night at the age of 93.
Ford replaced Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal, then fell out of favor with the populace when he pardoned his disgraced predecessor. He was rejected in 1976 in favor of Jimmy Carter and left the White House without winning an election, despite serving as both president and vice president.
While his compassion for Nixon may have cost him another four years in office, the decision won Ford a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 2001, and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, acknowledging he had criticized Ford at the time, called the pardon "an extraordinary act of courage that historians recognize was truly in the national interest."
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DID YOU KNOW?
Ford was the longest living former president, surpassing Ronald Reagan, who died in June 2004, by more than a month.
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HE SAID IT
After taking the oath of office in 1974, Ford said: "My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. Our Constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here the people rule.
"I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your president by your ballots. So I ask you to confirm me with your prayers."
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U.S. Chief Justice Warren Burger, right, administers the oath of office to Gerald R. Ford as the 38th President of the United States in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Aug. 9, 1974. Betty Ford holds the bible at center. Gerald R. Ford, who picked up the pieces of Richard Nixon
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